Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:14 pm
#86139
I know we usually talk about scary things like ghosts, demons, horror movies and characters, haunting and spooky things here, but what are other non generally scary things that you fear? The topic of being afraid of clown got me thinking about this, although I believe clowns really are meant to be scary.
As I get older (sigh) I find myself more and more afraid of heights. I can no longer walk to the edge of something and look down without breaking out in a sweat. Sometimes even if there is a railing or fence, I'm convinced if I lean on it even a little bit it's going to break. Believe me, my trip to the Grand Canyon a few years ago was not the funnest thing.. Even if my husband walks to the edge I'm freaking out, telling him to get back. We like to go hiking and if it's a steep climb I get really nervous walking down hill, something in my mind about sliding on the rocks and falling downhill. It's annoying really and I never used to be that way.
I know a lot of people have a fear of heights, so that's not so uncommon. What I fear even more than that is... get ready for it... MOTHS. Yes, that's right, those stupid winged bugs that leave that weird wing dust all over everything they bump into. If I had a choice between being locked in a room with a bunch of spiders or a bunch of moths, I'd pick spiders. The area I live in has so many bugs, some I don't even have any idea what they are, some bigger than a bug should be, but moths are the ones that get to me. Luna moths are sent straight from hell, that I have no doubt. I have Mottephobia. There is actually a name for it.
So fess up! What do you fear?
As I get older (sigh) I find myself more and more afraid of heights. I can no longer walk to the edge of something and look down without breaking out in a sweat. Sometimes even if there is a railing or fence, I'm convinced if I lean on it even a little bit it's going to break. Believe me, my trip to the Grand Canyon a few years ago was not the funnest thing.. Even if my husband walks to the edge I'm freaking out, telling him to get back. We like to go hiking and if it's a steep climb I get really nervous walking down hill, something in my mind about sliding on the rocks and falling downhill. It's annoying really and I never used to be that way.
I know a lot of people have a fear of heights, so that's not so uncommon. What I fear even more than that is... get ready for it... MOTHS. Yes, that's right, those stupid winged bugs that leave that weird wing dust all over everything they bump into. If I had a choice between being locked in a room with a bunch of spiders or a bunch of moths, I'd pick spiders. The area I live in has so many bugs, some I don't even have any idea what they are, some bigger than a bug should be, but moths are the ones that get to me. Luna moths are sent straight from hell, that I have no doubt. I have Mottephobia. There is actually a name for it.
So fess up! What do you fear?
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